The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-02
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
News Items from Various States
and Territories.
ILLINOIS,.

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ILLINOIS.
Governor Oglesby has filed the vacancy
caused by the resignation of James P. Root
of the First Congressional District from the
State Board of Equalization by appointing
Captain George T. Knight of the Town of
Lake
The contract between the city of Chica-
go and Andrew Onderdonk, of New York,
the lowest bidder for the construction of
the new sub-mar water-works tunnel
under the lake, eight feet in diameter,
have been formally executed. The work
will cost $748, 900, and the contractor gave
bond of 100000 The new tunnel will
extend from the South side lake front dis
lance of four miles into the lake, where
pure water is deemed permanent GER
tainty.
Colonel J. s. Lord, Secretary of the Hi
nois Bureau of Labor statistics, has Just
completed the sixth annual compilation of
the statistics of coal mines and coal mining
in Illinois The following summary shows
the business actually done during the year:
The number of counties reported, 40; num-
Der of mines and openings of all kinds, S17;
number of tons of coal mined, 10,27S, $50;
aggregate value of the same at the mines,
81, 152, 596; average value per ton at the
mines, 81. 0S; number of employees of ali
kinds, 26, SO4; average number of days of
active operations, 213 2; average price paid
per ton for mining, ~ cents; number of
kegs of powder used 152, 627; number of
mules employed under ground, ], 474; num-
Der of men killed, Al; number of men in
jured so as to lose time $50; number of
tons mined for each life lost, pa, 735;
number of employees for each life lost, 400.
The reports to the State Livestock Com
mission show that hog cholera is killing off
hogs in nine cen counties at rapid rate
Cattle are healthy, and horses have Tecov-
cred from influenza, which has been wide
spread.
The village of Findlay, Shelby County,
was almost entirely consumed by fire re-
Gently.
In the northwestern part of Fayette
County milk sickness is prevailing to an
alarming extent In London township a
number of cattle have died and others are
sick with the disease. Some families, it is
said, are also effected with the maIady.
A human brute, named August Hatzka,
residing on Lincoln street, Chicago, the
other day killed his little step-son by liter
ally fogging him to death with leather
strap. The fellow is under arrest.
William Keeman shot and killed Pat
O'Brien plumber, few days ago while
the latter was attempting to forcibly enter
the formers saloon on Blue Island avenue
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shelton Smith celebrated the
fftieth anniversary of their wedding at
Lexington. Mclean County, the other day.
IOWA.
There are three Christian Science doctors
at LIE Mars
j. Boege, prominent business man of
Mason City, is financially embarrassed For
thirteen years he has carried ON farm
machinery and wagon making concern
His liabilities were placed at $4,000. 1t
was said he had sailed for Europe
A class of thirty graduated at the State
Agricultural College at Ames few days
ago.
The other morning the sheriff Of Marion
County and the marshal of Pleasantville
went out to the residence of Lewis Rev.
nolds, southeast of Pleasantville, to arrest
his son John, charged with forgery and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses. He
refused to be arrested and drew revolver
md shot himself in the forehead, dying in
stantly. The warrant for his arrest had
been telegraphed from Kansas, where his
| home is and where he has wife and seven
children.
Henry s. Townsend, a young commission
merchant of Sioux City and Miss Bessie
schullein daughter of one of the wealth.
lest Jewish families in the city, were clan
destinely married the other afternoon, and
have left for parts unknown The parents
of the girl had forbidden the young san
coming to the house, and clandestine meet
! ings have been kept up for two years.
A. W. Ohler, young man of Des Moines,
is being prosecuted for swearing falsely to a
young lady's age.
Fourteen dwellings in the village of La
conf, Warren County, were recently de-
stroyed by fire
A corn husking contest took place at
| MitchellFille, Polk County, day OF two
ago The winner husked 103 bushels and
10 pounds of corn in ten hours.
At Charlton, Lucas County, Moses Jeffer-
son, colored miner, was killed by falling
slate the other day.
Henry Van Devon, his daughter Tinna,
and Ida Kamerick, the hired girl, were re-
Gently indicted by the Marion County grand
jury on the charge of having caused the
death of Mrs Van Devon at Pella last Au-
gust by poisoning.
| The Government canal at Keokuk was
opened for the season March 1 and closed a
few days ago. The statement of traffic
through the canal during that time, as pre-
pared by Major Meiggs, engineer in charge,
! shows that there were 2, 404 lockages made
to allow the passage of 9S7 boats, 293
barges and RATS, 4,219 tons of merchan-
disc, 3S6, 800 bushels of grain, 2O1,-
464, 9S7 feet lumber, 1926, 900
feet logs, 126, 344, 279 shingles and
$3.50, 14S lath. These figures represent
the freight traffic of the season. All classes
show an increase over last year